Belichick passes Halas, Patriots beat Jets 22-17
Associated PressBill Belichick will appreciate reaching another coaching milestone some other time. Belichick passed George Halas for second place on the NFL’s career victories list and the last-place New England Patriots continued their mastery of the surprising New York Jets by beating them for the 13th straight time, 22-17. “Proud of the way the team stepped up on a short week here and came in and got the win.” The Jets, who snapped a 12-game skid against AFC East opponents by beating Miami three weeks ago, couldn’t change their fortunes against the Patriots — even while debuting their stealth black alternate helmets. “Just not allowing ourselves to continue drives and stack together consecutive good plays.” After a promising start, Wilson made too many mistakes in the first 300-yard passing game of his career — he was 20 of 41 for 355 yards and two TDs to Tyler Conklin — and New England took advantage. New York made it closer on Wilson’s 9-yard touchdown pass to Conklin with 1:51 left, but New England recovered the onside kick and Jones took three kneeldowns to run out the clock.